EP0251725A2 - Verfahren und Gerät zur Verhinderung der Überhitzung eines Heizelementes - Google Patents

Verfahren und Gerät zur Verhinderung der Überhitzung eines Heizelementes Download PDF

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EP0251725A2
EP0251725A2 EP87305701A EP87305701A EP0251725A2 EP 0251725 A2 EP0251725 A2 EP 0251725A2 EP 87305701 A EP87305701 A EP 87305701A EP 87305701 A EP87305701 A EP 87305701A EP 0251725 A2 EP0251725 A2 EP 0251725A2
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Toshikazu Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. Itoh
Toshiroh Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. Suemune
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J29/38—Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J29/377—Cooling or ventilating arrangements

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  • the present invention relates to a method of and apparatus for preventing overheating of various types of heating elements such as motors and print heads, etc., for use in terminal units of all sorts for protection thereof.
  • Printers are well known as terminal units.
  • Such a printer includes a line feed motor (hereinafter, referred to simply as an LF motor) for feeding a printing paper for its new line, a spacing motor for moving a print head horizontally, and the print head, all being mounted thereon and regarded as heating elements.
  • a line feed motor hereinafter, referred to simply as an LF motor
  • a spacing motor for moving a print head horizontally
  • the print head all being mounted thereon and regarded as heating elements.
  • the countermeasure @ exerts itself for continuous operation for many hours not experienced in ordinary applications, which can never be said to be effective to result in the device cost increased.
  • the countermeasure @ can not prevent a motor from being overheated when an operator does not obey directions of the device for use and when there is any trouble in a host computer connected to a printer.
  • the countermeasure (3) necessitates a heat sensitive element to result in the apparatus cost increased.
  • the method of and apparatus for preventing overheating of a heating element employs a first timer for counting a prescribed first time interval t i , a second timer for counting a prescribed second time interval t 2 , means for evaluating a heat release value of the heating element in prescribed time intervals on the basis of the number of times of driving the heating element whilst those timers are counting the prescribed time intervals, and adding the heat release value so evaluated to the total of a heat release value from the heating element theretofore to further evaluate the total of a new heat value, means for subtracting an allowable heat release value of the heating element for the first time interval t 1 from the total of the heat value evaluated just above and storing the remainder of the subtraction executed above as the total of a new heat value, and means for subtracting an allowable heat value of the heating element for the second time interval t 2 from the total of the heat release value evaluated just above and storing the remainder as the total of a new heat value.
  • the method further consists of the steps of: setting the total of a heat release value from the heating element to "0" after powering the first timer; subtracting the allowable heat release value of the heating element for the first time interval t 1 from the total of the heat release value when the first timer counts the prescribed time interval t i ; setting the total of the heat release value to "0" to restart the first timer when the remainder of the subtraction is “0" or a negative value while starting the second timer unless the remainder is "0" or a negative value; subtracting the allowable heat release value of the heating element for the second time interval t 2 from the total of the heat release value when the second timer counts the prescribed time interval t 2 ; setting the total of the heat release value to "0” to start the first timer if the remainder is "0” or a negative value while restarting the second timer unless the remainder is "0” or a negative value; and placing a prescribed pause time prior to driving the heating element only in a time interval when the second timer is
  • the first timer is powered for the start thereof. It is judged when the first timer counts a prescribed time interval and becomes its time-out, whether or not the total of a heat release value from the heating element exceeds a first prescribed amount. Unless it exceeds that amount, the first timer is restarted. While, if it exceeds, then the second timer is started, and a prescribed pause time is placed in a time interval when this timer is counting prior to driving the heating element. When the second timer becomes time-out, it is judged whether or not the total of the heat release value exceeds a second prescribed amount. Unless it exceeds the latter amount, then the first timer is started. If it exceeds, then the second timer is restarted.
  • the prescribed pause time is placed in the counting operation of the second timer prior to driving the heating element to permit a driven period of the heating element to be made longer than that in the operation of the first timer, and furthermore the number of times of operations of the second timer is controlled responsively to the heat release value.
  • Fig. 2 schematically illustrating a printer control part, designated at 1 is a CPU, 2 is a ROM for storing a program and fixed data, 3 is a RAM for storing data, etc., received from the outside, 4 are timers, 5 is an I/O driver operated on the basis of an instruction from the CPU 1, and 6 is a bus line.
  • the I/O driver 5 is connected with an interface circuit, a print head, a spacing motor, and an LF motor, all these members being external device and not shown here.
  • various registers (a P register for storing the total P of a heat release value, a P D vregister for storing heat release values P DV , Pi, and P 2 , a Pi register, a P 2 register, and an intermittent drive flag register, shown in Fig. 1) are reset to start a first timer TM 1 in conformity with an initial setting program stored in the ROM 2.
  • the control then advances to timer processing shown in Fig. 1 as the timer TM 1 counts only a prescribed time interval ti.
  • STEP 1 it is checked that a flag in the intermittent drive flag register is set. In the present situation the flag is not set and so the control advances to STP 2.
  • the heat release value Pi indicates an allowable heat release value of the LF motor in the time interval t 1 (time interval set in the timer TM 1 ), which can be substituted for the number N LF1 of line feed pulses within that time interval assuming that a heat release pulses per line feed pulse is constant.
  • the N LF1 is the number of line feed pulses allowed within the time interval t 1 .
  • the heat release value P 2 means an allowable heat release value of the LF motor in the time interval t 2 (a time interval set in a timer TM 2 described later), which can be substituted for the number NL F2 of line feed pulses within that time interval on the assumption that a heat release value per line feed pulse is constant as described above.
  • the N LF2 is the number of line feed pulses allowed in the time interval t 2 .
  • STP 4 it is checked that the contents of the P register is less than "0". That is, it is checked that the total P of the heat release value exceeds the allowable heat release value P 1 P ⁇ 0 holds here, and hence the control advances to STP 5.
  • the P register is reset, in STP 6 the intermittent drive flag register is reset, and in STP 7 the timer TM 1 is restarted. Once the timer TM 1 counts again only the prescribed time interval ti, the same processing as described previously is performed. Thereafter, this operation is repeated.
  • the apparatus comprises a first timer TM 1 , for counting a prescribed first time interval ti; a second timer TM 2 for counting a prescribed second time interval t 2 ; evaluation means for evaluating a heat release value of the heating element within the prescribed time counted by any of the first and second timers TM 1 , TM 2 , on the basis of the number of times of driving of the heating element whilst the both timers TM 1 , TM 2 are respectively counting the prescribed times and further adding the total of the heat release value up to that time to the heat release value evaluated previously to evaluate the total of a new heat release value; first means such as Pi register for subtracting an allowable heat release value P i of the heating element for the first time interval from the total of the heat release value and storing the remainder P-Pi, of the subtraction as the total of a new heat release value; and second means such as P 2 register for subtracting an allowable heat release
  • the heating element mentioned above is a line feed motor for use in a printer.
  • the evaluation means for evaluating a heat release value of the heating element is a CPU.
  • the apparatus for preventing overheating of a heating element further includes a ROM 2 for storing a program for execution of the present method of preventing overheating of a heating element and for storing fixed data for use in the execution of the present method, a RAM 3 for storing any received data in need of the execution of the present method of preventing overheating of a heating element and received from the outside, an I/O driver 5 for driving the heating element, etc., in conformity with an instruction, from said CPU 1, and a bus line for connection said CPU 1, ROM 2, RAM 3, timers TM 1 , TM 2 , and I/O driver 5 in this order.
  • preprocessing for driving the heating element shown in Fig. 1 is conducted without fail before driving the LF motor.
  • STP 1 it is checked that a flag of the intermittent drive flag register is set. Since here the intermittent drive flag is reset, the control advances to STP 3.
  • STP 3 the contents P DV of the P DV register are added to the contents P of the P register, and the result (P+P DV ) is stored in the P register.
  • the contents of the P DV register that is, the heat release value Pov are a heat release value produced upon line feed operation, and assuming a heat release value per line feed pulse to be constant, that value can be substituted for the number of line feed pulses N LFDV .
  • processing for driving the heat element that is, driving of the LF motor is effected. Thereafter, the operation described above is repeated.
  • a change in the contents of the P register upon conducting the LF operation continuously is illustrated in (c) of Fig. 3.
  • the program advances to the timer processing shown in Fig. 1.
  • the program advances from STP 1 to STP 2.
  • the operation advances from STP 1 to STP 2.
  • STP 2 the operation, after a prescribed pause time, advances to the next STP 3.
  • STP 3 addition of heat release values is executed as described before. Thereafter, before driving the LF motor the operation described above is effected.
  • the operation After a while, when the timer TM 2 counts only the prescribed time t 2 to permit the time point T 2 to be reached, the operation again enters the timer processing shown in Fig. 1. Also in this case, the operation advances from STP 1 to STP 3, in which it evaluates subtraction between heat release values. Thereupon, the total P of a heat release value after the subtraction can be expressed by the following expression:
  • two kinds of time intervals are set by means of the first and second timers, and in the time interval set by the second timer a prescribed pause interval is taken before driving a heating element to make longer a period of driving the heating element than the time interval set by the first timer.
  • the number of times of operations of the second timer is controlled in response to the heat release value to prevent the heating element from being overheated. Accordingly, it becomes unnecessary to use large rating heating elements, heat radiating fins, and heat sensitive elements as in prior techniques, whereby the device cost can be reduced.
  • the method of the present invention can prevent overheating of a heating element without having bad effects thereon of its erroneous use by an operator and any trouble in a host computer to assume the secure operation of the concerning device.

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JP14940286A JP2524980B2 (ja) 1986-06-27 1986-06-27 発熱体の過熱防止方法
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